Working Party meetings

Please note that with the exception of the Basic Transfusion Biology Working Party Meeting which is open to any congress attendees, the Working Party meetings are closed and accessible to only existing Working Party members. All Working Party Meetings are located on the South Wing on Level 2 of the Milano Convention Centre (MiCo). Rooms are also subject to change. 

Basic Transfusion Biology

Big Data

  • Date: Sunday 1 June, 11:00-14:00 
  • Location: AMBER 1+2
  • Chairs and Moderators: Angelo D’Alessandro, Christian Erikstrup, Mike Busch
  • Access: WP members only 

Blood Components

  • Date: Saturday 31 May, 14:00 - 16:00 
  • Location: AMBER 8
  • Chair and Vice Chair: Denese Marks and Susanne Marschner
  • Access: WP Members only

Blood Supply Management

  • Date: Sunday, June 1, 13:30 - 15:30
  • Location: AMBER 7
  • Chair: Rada Grubovic Rastvorceva
  • Access: WP members only

Cellular Therapies

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 16:30-18:00
  • Location: AMBER 8
  • Chair: Reinhard Henschler
  • Access: WP members only

Clinical Transfusion

  • Date: Sunday, June 1, 11:30-14:00
  • Location: AMBER 5+6
  • Chair: Arwa Al-Riyami
  • Access: WP members only

Paediatric subgroup of the Clinical Transfusion WP

  • Saturday May 31
  • 12:00-14:00
  • Room: Amber 8
     

Donors and Donation

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 10:00-12:00
  • Location: AMBER 8
  • Chair: Rachel Thorpe
  • Access: WP members only

Global Blood Safety

  • Date: Sunday 1 June, 16:00-18:00
  • Location: AMBER 1+2
  • Chair: Jay Epstein
  • Access: TBC

Haemovigilance

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 13:30-17:00
  • Location: AMBER 7
  • Chair: Mary Townsend
  • Access: WP members only

Immunohaematology

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 12:30-15:00
  • Location: AMBER 5+6
  • Chair and Vice Chair: Thierry Peyrard and Nicole Thornton
  • Access: WP members only

Information Technology

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 13:00-17:00
  • Location: AMBER 3+4
  • Chair and Vice Chair: Suzanne Butch and Shankar Goudar
  • Access: WP members only

Platelet Immunobiology

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 09:00-11:00
  • Location:  AMBER 3+4
  • Chair: Brian Curtis
  • Access: WP members only

Quality Management

  • Date: Sunday, June 1, 13:30-15:30
  • Location: AMBER 3+4
  • Chair and Vice Chair: Nigar Ertuğrul Örüç, Christian Seidl
  • Access: WP members only

Rare Donors

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 15:30-18:00
  • Location: AMBER 5+6
  • Chair and Vice Chair: Vered Yahalom, Thierry Peyrard
  • Access: WP members only

Red Cell Immunogenetics and Blood Group Terminology

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 09:00-12:00
  • Location: AMBER 5+6
  • Co-Chairs: Christoph Gassner, Catherine Hyland
  • Access: WP members only

Genomics workshop

  • Date: AMBER 5+6, Sunday June 1 14:30-17:00
  • Location: AMBER 5+6
  • Access: By invite only

Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases

  • Date: Saturday, May 31, 8:00 - 17:00
  • Location: Room AMBER 1+2
  • Chair: Brian Custer
  • Access: WP members only